It was a very nice and refreshing drink, although both Deirdre and I commented that we thought it tasted much weaker in alcohol than 3 parts Prosecco.

There was a fine spread of food, all made by the Gibson kitchen made from the recipe's designed by Rozanne.

The salmon steamed in a large leaf was so succulent and flavoursome!

And the charred, cheesy, salted corn on the cob - oh momma! ﻿

Rozanne then gave a short presentation about herself and her cooking (she apparently favours the "ish" style of cooking - thai-ish, irish-ish, bbq-ish - relaxed fusion cooking I guess!)

She was a very nice relaxed speaker and as Deirdre comment she really charmed us all.

And she was talented at what she does - both the cooking, and the talking while she cooked - she made it all look effortless.

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Rozanne bbq'd a lobster with herb(ish!) butter on the new Calor mini-bbq which is a dinky little thing!

Check it out - it stacks together like a little picnic basket and when you take it apart it forms a prep area and a cooking area.

It's a very clever gadget in my opinion. But Deirdre and I did comment that it is a very small cooking area and wondered it it would be big enough for using for more than two people. But it definitely would be great for a romantic picnic avec deux :-)

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Here is the lovely lobster, butter and salad dish that Rozanne made - with her own home made dressing made with verjuice: I think Deirdre might have been the only person in the room who knew what verjuice was (juice from green grapes) - she's a foodie :-)﻿

And finally Lindt chocolate!

Big thanks to the Gibson and Rozanne. It was a very enjoyable night.

If you are planning a bbq event in Dublin I'd certainly reccomend

you investigate the The Gibson Hotel ﻿- the food was phenomenal and the hotel itself is very cool.